Legal Opinion
Shaw v. American Tobacco Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 7, 1901No. 1,030PublishedCited by 5 opinions
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Texas.
1Opinion of the Court
SHELBY, Circuit Judge.
This is an action at law for damages for the infringement of a patent. The petition discloses that Wilder S. Shaw, the plaintiff, is a citizen of Texas, and that the American Tobacco Company, the defendant, is a corporation chartered under the laws of New Jersey, and that it is doing business in the state of Texas, having its principal office and agent in Dallas county. It is alleged that on January 18, 1898, the plaintiff obtained letters patent for a new and useful snuff package, the letters patent being numbered 597,'623.. The purposes of the patent are fully stated…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Shaw v. Quincy Mining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1892
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